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Posts Tagged ‘Humor’
Santa, Could You Please Give Me the Impossible?
Posted in Budget, tagged Humor on December 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Twelve Days of Christmas for Our Weak Economy
Posted in Economy, tagged Humor on December 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
With apologies to Christmas carol purists, my latest Christian Science Monitor column offers up the twelve days of Christmas for our weak economy. I am no Jeff Foxworthy, so please forgive the poetic license and imprecise scanning. Oh, and kudos to my editor for letting me keep in the reference to Festivus. As the folks [...]
The Behavioral Economics of Leftover Pizza
Posted in Life, Microeconomics, tagged Behavioral Economics, Humor, Life on November 30, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Jared would be proud of me. Whenever I grab lunch to eat in my office, I head over to Subway for a six-inch Veggie Delite with provolone. Just 280 calories. Yum. Depending on my mood and workload, I usually gobble down my Subway lunch between 12:15 and 1:00pm. On Monday, though, I started eating at [...]
The Invisible Hand is Made of Delicious Invisible Meat
Posted in Life, Microeconomics, tagged Humor, Incentives, Tragedy of the Commons, TripAdvisor on September 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The incomparable xkcd on incentives, morals, and TripAdvisor: Here’s another favorite.
Debt Limit: Routine or the End of the World?
Posted in Budget, Politics, tagged Debt, Debt Limit, Humor, Politics on July 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Well, it certainly isn’t routine this time. Life was much simpler on the West Wing: This is a repost from May.
Raise the Debt Ceiling Rap
Posted in Budget, Macroeconomics, tagged Budget, Debt, Debt Limit, Federal Reserve, Humor, Macroeconomics on July 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Today’s humor break: Remy does the Debt Ceiling Rap (with some asides about monetary policy): Best line: “I got a monetary plan, and it involves a lot of toner.”
Avoiding Road Kill in Ghana
Posted in International, Nature, tagged Animals, Development, Ghana, Humor, International on June 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In Washington’s economic circles, the only animals we usually have to worry about are hawks and doves. (And the occasional raccoon or vole.) If you’re doing development research in Ghana, however, things are more complicated. Zipping from village to village on her motorcycle, my friend Liz has become intimately familiar with the behavior — often stochastic – of different [...]
Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse
Posted in Life, Uncategorized, tagged Emergency, Humor, Zombie on May 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Centers for Disease Control offers emergency preparedness tips with a sense of humor: So what do you need to do before zombies…or hurricanes or pandemics for example, actually happen? First of all, you should have an emergency kit in your house. This includes things like water, food, and other supplies to get you through the [...]
Debt Limit: Routine or the End of the World?
Posted in Budget, Politics, tagged Debt, Deficit, Humor, Politics on May 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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